Stephanie Herr: Database DevOps with Stephanie Herr - Episode 229
Stephanie Herr is a Product Manager for Database DevOps at Redgate Software. She's been an instrumental part of every Database DevOps product at Redgate for the past 13 years and has spoken at industry conferences such as DevOps World. Topics of Discussion: [3:58] Stephanie talks about taking ideas from her previous working experience into Redgate. [4:29] What makes the database so different from application development? [6:23] What patterns work the best and which ones haven't really panned out? [9:08] The state-based approach vs. migration approach. [13:30] How do you categorize all the different things that may need to be deployed or changed? [14:09] What is static data? [15:44] What is the latest in the Redgate products that everyone should know about? [21:41] Stephanie talks about the change report and the process behind caching best practices. [23:10] What is Sequel Fluff? [26:28] Stephanie talks about the integration with Sequel Monitor. [27:46] Are the Azure services completely covered? [30:35] Where does Stephanie see Database DevOps going? [32:33] Stephanie shares an exciting new announcement! Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Architect Tips — Video podcast! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo's YouTube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Programming with Palermo - New Video Podcast! programming@palermo.network Stephanie Herr LinkedIn Stephanie Herr | Redgate Redgate Flyway Postgres support in December Sqlfluff.com Redgate Software Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
23 Tammi 202336min
Brian Lagunas: Modern Web - Episode 228
Brian Lagunas is a Microsoft MVP, a Microsoft Patterns & Practices Champion, leader of the Boise .Net Developers User Group (NETDUG), board member of Boise Code Camp, speaker, trainer, and Pluralsight author. He can be found speaking at a variety of developer events around the world. His talks always involve some form of markup (XAML or HTML), as well as how to build well-architected applications with Prism. In his spare time, he authors courses for Pluralsight, blogs, livestreams about various technologies, and manages the Prism Library. The easiest way to find Brian is on Twitter at @BrianLagunas. Topics of Discussion: [2:43] What triggered Brian to go from the Army into programming? [5:49] Brian started in Java because that's how new .NET was. [8:22] What is Reveal, and how many code bases do you have to reach all those places? [12:37] What is Brian's thought about using Blazer vs. JavaScript vs. Typescript? [15:20] How do we bridge the gap between using NPM and Blazer Applications? [17:31] How does Brian think about the different levels of unit tests of these different types of code, and then what classifications do you create in your test libraries? [21:47] What is App Builder? [24:39] What's the track record of App Builder? Is it already mainstream? [30:20] What Brian's team is focused on now is getting that initial application built, generated, out the door, and ready for the developer to implement the logic. Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Architect Tips — Video podcast! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo's YouTube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Programming with Palermo - New Video Podcast! programming@palermo.network Brian Lagunas Brian Lagunas Microsoft Profile GitHub Brian Lagunas Brian Lagunas LinkedIn Brian Lagunas Twitter Plural Sight Brian Lagunas Brian Lagunas YouTube Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
16 Tammi 202337min
Marco Rossignoli: Automated Code Coverage Measurement - Episode 227
Marco Rossignoli is a Dev at Microsoft on the .NET Test Platform and Code coverage team. He's also the co-maintainer of the Coverlet Collector NuGet package, which has over 100M downloads. Topics of Discussion: [1:15] Jeffrey talks about the architect forums he's hosting and facilitating in 2023. You can register here. [2:53] Marco talks about how he got into code coverage. [6:44] Why is code coverage even useful to measure? [12:40] How does Coverlet work and how is it different from the old ones? How do you run it? [20:30] Is there any difference in how it works between Azure Pipelines or GitHub Actions or TeamCity? [21:40] With multiple test suites running, how does Coverlet support pulling all the results together so that you get the one number of code coverage? [23:40] Report generator merges all of the reports. [25:16] What exactly is Cobertura? [26:02] Marco shares why he is excited about Coverlet and the many opportunities it gives us in the future. Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Architect Tips — Video podcast! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo's YouTube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Programming with Palermo - New Video Podcast! programming@palermo.network NuGet Gallery GitHub Coverlet Coverage Marco Rossignoli .Net Coverage Code Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
9 Tammi 202332min
Troy Vinson: Learning From the Rackspace Security Breach with Troy Vinson - Episode 225
Troy Vinson is a Principal Software Architect at Clear Measure as a CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional). He is an experienced leader, architect, and problem-solver in Information Systems Security and Software Development technologies and has spent the majority of his career integrating computer science, information science, and cognitive science to assist in software development and the management of information. Topics of Discussion: [2:39] Is Troy a Certified Ethical Hacker? If so, what does that mean, and what does he see in the divide of focus between security and programming? [5:08] What do we know about the Rackspace security breach? [7:37] How many hosted exchange customers does Rackspace have? [11:01] Having a contingency plan in place and a recovery plan is very important. [14:07] What's the most basic way that someone could start doing this for themselves? [21:08] Non-malicious use is also a protection against malicious use. [26:09] What is email protection, and how do you use it? [28:24] What should development teams be thinking about, security-wise, for their custom applications? [32:54] The importance of having a software bill of materials so that you have a policy about which software can be used. Mentioned in this Episode: Architect Tips — New video podcast! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo's YouTube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Programming with Palermo programming@palermo.network Rackspace Ep 161 with Troy Vinson Rackspace Status KnowBe4 Sonar Source Microsoft Security Engineering Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
26 Joulu 202237min
Eduardo Maltez: Full-system testing using Selenium - Episode 224
Eduardo Maltez is a Software Engineer at Clear Measure. He has extensive experience in .NET, including Blazor, SignalR, Azure Service Bus, SQL Server, and all kinds of automated testing. Earlier in his career, he apprenticed under Jeffrey Palermo and is currently building automated full-system tests for a large and complex software ecosystem at one of his clients. Topics of Discussion: [3:09] How Eduardo got into programming and the steps he took to make it a full-time career. [8:04] How Eduardo makes the decision in his head when he needs to use Selenium vs. other tests. [10:52] Eduardo talks about ShoWorks and the technology components behind it. [16:27] What does it mean when a test is brittle, and what do you do to make tests that are not brittle? [18:41] When a test is brittle, it means you can't really rely on that test. Brittle tests are unreliable tests, in the end. [23:36] How do you know when to stop a unit test? [25:44] What are Educardo's go-to methods for finding the right DOM element? [33:26] When it comes to rough edges around Selenium itself, it's not necessarily something that doesn't work, but it's something that definitely always causes just a sudden road bump in the test cycle. Mentioned in this Episode: Architect Tips — New video podcast! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo's YouTube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Programming with Palermo programming@palermo.network ShoWorks Selenium WebDriver Wait Class Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
19 Joulu 202237min
David Pine: NET Content Development - Episode 223
David Pine works in Developer Relations at Microsoft, focusing on .NET and Azure developer content. He is recognized as a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies and is a Twilio Champion. David focuses on the developer community, actively seeking opportunities to share knowledge through speaking engagements around the world. David advocates for open-source, the .NET Foundation, C#, TypeScript, SignalR, Reactive Extensions, Azure, and .NET. He's a founding member and co-host of the On .NET Live show. Follow David on Twitter at @davidpine7. Topics of Discussion: [2:41] What were the high points along David's career that steered him in the direction of Microsoft, and how has that evolved? [4:46] Jeffrey's background in music and how he got into it. [8:20] Does David believe that the age of the JavaScript SPA front end for .NET developers is over? [10:32] David discusses his role as a technical writer, with more on the content developer side. [11:36] David's show On .NET Live celebrates .NET developers from all over the world. [12:40] Microsoft has been doing a lot of work recently with GitHub actions. How do we monitor their different versions and use them to the best of our abilities? [21:17] What level of maturity is Microsoft's Orleans, and why does David like using it? [27:10] What are some new samples coming out? [30:05] What exactly is "globbing"? Mentioned in this Episode: Architect Tips — New video podcast! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo's YouTube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Programming with Palermo programming@palermo.network David Pine .NET Fundamentals @DavidPine Twitter GitHub Actions. NET SDK: Hello from the GitHub Actions: Core .NET SDK On .NET Live — YouTube GitHub .NET Samples .NET GitHub Actions Github.com/dotnet/orleans Learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/orleans/ Learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/fundamentals/ Learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/devops/github-actions-overview Learning Blazor (davidpine.net) Davidpine.net/blog/learning-blazor/ Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
12 Joulu 202231min
Jeff Fritz: Evolving Cloud Architecture - Episode 222
Jeff Fritz is an experienced developer, technical educator, and PM on the .NET team at Microsoft. He founded The Live Coders team on Twitch, and regularly livestreams builds of websites and fun applications. You can follow Jeff for more .NET, .NET Core, and Visual Studio content on Twitch and Twitter at @csharpfritz. Topics of Discussion: [2:41] Jeff talks about surviving the .com bomb and his background as a longtime web developer and technical educator. [3:57] What have been some of the recent developments that Jeff and his team are most excited about at Microsoft? [5:45] Jeff talks about how the application has been growing and how he's had some bumps in the road. [7:40] How to make video clips searchable and discoverable on the web. [12:12] What made Jeff go for MySQL instead of serverless Azure SQL? [18:01] What's the duration of the journey from the first line of code to enterprise patterns? [21:09] As we grow applications, we need to figure out a better way to show people what happens when you make a mistake, and to help them through the growth. [27:13] How do you know what's going to happen at a certain level of production? [22:48] Does Jeff really believe we're going to end up at Kubernetes? [32:27] Re-architecting your database architecture. Mentioned in this Episode: Architect Tips — New video podcast! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo's YouTube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Programming with Palermo programming@palermo.network Jeff on Twitch KlipTok Fritz's Tech Tips and Chatter Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
5 Joulu 202236min
